Proposals Concerning the Work Routine of the Deputy Chairmen and the Chairman of the C.P.C.

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Work Routine of the Deputy Chairmen and the Chairman of the
C.P.C.

1.Workinghours: 11-2, 6-9; together with the C.P.C. chairman onMonday and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

2.Specialmeetings of all the deputies and the chairman of the
C.L.D. (minus the Politbureau, C.P.C. and C.L.D.) on these days and at
these hours whenever there is need, butgenerally not less thantwice a week for one hour. This hour to be fixed on the eve not later than
9 p.m.

3.Allthe work of the deputies is divided into:

(a)close supervision over the work of the Narrow C.P.C.;(b)similar supervision over the work of the business meetings of theC.L.D.(itis necessary to resume the business meetings of theC.L.D.in order to disengage the deputies for other more important work. The
   business meetings arenotchaired by the deputies buttheirsignaturesaloneendorse the decisions of these
   meetings);(c)chairmanship at those parts of theC.P.C. andC.L.D.meetings where the chairman of theC.P.C.does not
   preside;(d)participation in the Financial Committee (plus Sokolnikov and his
   deputy and the chairman of the Narrow C.P.C.; the latter need not attend
   all meetings of the Financial Committee).(Perhapsarrange a meeting of the Financial Committee once a week for
   one hour chaired by theC.P.C.chairman? Think this over.);(e)determining the agenda of all bodies, including the Narrow C.P.C.,
   and the order of priority, the most important questions being chosen by all
   four under the chairmanship of the C.P.C. chairman;(f)close supervision of the various People’s Commissariats and their
   apparatus both by means of instructions to the People’s Commissars and
   their deputies personally and by means of studying their apparatus top and
   bottom;(g)the commissariats, for this purpose (Pointf), are
   allocated among the deputies, such allocation to be endorsed by the
   chairman of theC.P.C.

(a)close supervision over the work of the Narrow C.P.C.;

(b)similar supervision over the work of the business meetings of theC.L.D.

(itis necessary to resume the business meetings of theC.L.D.in order to disengage the deputies for other more important work. The
   business meetings arenotchaired by the deputies buttheirsignaturesaloneendorse the decisions of these
   meetings);

(c)chairmanship at those parts of theC.P.C. andC.L.D.meetings where the chairman of theC.P.C.does not
   preside;

(d)participation in the Financial Committee (plus Sokolnikov and his
   deputy and the chairman of the Narrow C.P.C.; the latter need not attend
   all meetings of the Financial Committee).

(Perhapsarrange a meeting of the Financial Committee once a week for
   one hour chaired by theC.P.C.chairman? Think this over.);

(e)determining the agenda of all bodies, including the Narrow C.P.C.,
   and the order of priority, the most important questions being chosen by all
   four under the chairmanship of the C.P.C. chairman;

(f)close supervision of the various People’s Commissariats and their
   apparatus both by means of instructions to the People’s Commissars and
   their deputies personally and by means of studying their apparatus top and
   bottom;

(g)the commissariats, for this purpose (Pointf), are
   allocated among the deputies, such allocation to be endorsed by the
   chairman of theC.P.C.

4.Allthe above-mentioned work is distributed among the deputies in
such a way that each of the three (and if need be their assistants from
among the business managers) handles a definite jobfor two monthsand afterwardschanges itfor another.

(Thisis necessary in order that all the deputies may acquaint
themselves with theentireapparatus and in order to achieve real
unity of management.)

5.Thedraft of such a distribution among the three deputies is to be
drawn up by them immediately and approved by all four.

6.Sincethe work of improving and correcting the whole apparatus is
far more important than the work of chairman ship and the chatting with
Deputy People’s Commissars andPeople’s Commissars, which has up till now fully occupied all the deputies’
time, it is necessary to arrange and strictly carry out a practice under
which each deputy,for not less than two hoursa week, “goes down
to the bottom”, makes a personal study of all the various parts of the
apparatus, top and bottom, and the most unexpected ones at that. The
official record of such a study, made, confirmed and communicated (in
certain cases) toallgovernment departments, should lead to areductionin staff and tighten up discipline throughout our state
machinery.